Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Respiratory Therapists
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at LSCS, TCC, HCC, and Colin College.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider UTHCSA, Texas Southern, Midwestern State, and Texas State.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Texas Southern, El Paso Community College, HCC, and El Centro.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider El Centro, St Philips College, HCC, and Colin College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Texas Southern, HCC, Howard College, and Midwestern State.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Texas Southern, Texas State, Midwestern State, and Tyler Junior College.
Excellence
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at UTHCSA.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at UTHCSA, Texas Southern, Howard College, and Del Mar College.
Working as a Respiratory Therapist in Texas
Respiratory therapists work with patients to restore their normal breathing conditions. They provide care and comfort to the old and the young, who can’t breathe properly on their own due to some injury or respiratory disease. Their responsibilities include monitoring the progress of the patients, responding to critical situations immediately, conducting tests and also maintaining medical equipments properly. Read a detailed Respiratory Therapists job description and schools overview.
The Texas Society for Respiratory Care provides useful resources to the respiratory therapists of the state.
State Requirements
Respiratory therapists are required to obtain the Respiratory Care Practitioner license from Respiratory Care Program Texas Department of Health to work in this state.
The license is given to those who:
- have completed a respiratory care educational program that is approved by the Board
- have completed high school
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